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On Beauty and Being Just - Elaine Scarry
On Beauty and Being Just
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780715636237 (0715636235)
Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction, Writing, Essays, Literature, American, Art, Philosophy, Theory
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I am not entirely convinced by her argument that beauty leads to justice--it is too easily disproved by a gloomy glance through history--but Scarry presents it all so, well, beautifully that I can't help but love this book.
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